Pond in Homestead Park, York

I went for a short walk after lunch, and found myself in the Homestead Park. I was surprised to see that there is still an algae bloom, it usually clears over the winter but it hasn't done so this winter. Between some of the rocks beside the lake I saw the first snowdrops of the year. Only two of them, and both looking rather battered, but definitely an early sign of spring.

Lucy is a little better and has had less need for pain killers. The tests she has had show no trace of infection, bacterial or viral, so they now suspect she might have had a very rare severe reaction to the flu vaccine that she had in York just before she started with her swolen face and blisters in her mouth. Apparently there have been two previous cases of a simular reaction recorded.

Ian

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Corinne C]

A charming pond.
Good news for Lucy. I hope she'll feel totally recovered soon.

[Bill Davidson]

Glad Lucy is doing better.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

ooooh!

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful landscape shot

[Jean Karvelis]

nice capture!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice capture and glad Lucy a bit better, she’s been so unlucky

[Cordiander]

The winter was probably to mild . Glad Lucy feeling better.

[Rob Z]

The green photographs nicely - but no doubt it would be good to see it gone!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Fav lovely pov

[gloria jones]

Nice combination of plants....great shot

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice pic. Hope she gets better soon!

[Boxplayer]

A lot of colour still there. Glad things are improving but bad luck if it was a reaction as seems like it's rare.

[Kathy A]

Glad to hear that Lucy is improving.

[John Falconer]

Lovely shot
Good news in that it is not as bad as I could be.

[Fisher Family]

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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

Homestead Park is a beautiful place to spend time, with a nice variety of gardens. You can find many more of our photos of the park if you search 'Homestead Park' on this site you will find over 120 photos which are part of our family project or were part of my solo project before our family project started.

Lucy continues to make progress in hospital - she even managed to eat a little solid food today.

Ian

[Babs]

What a lovely scene. Good to hear Lucy is improving. It must have been quite worrying for you all.

[Fisher Family]

@onewing

Thank you Babs, we have had a few worrying days. She is now recovering and was discharged from hospital yesterday evening.

Ian

[Vesna]

I'm glad everything is ok now.

[Fisher Family]

@vesna0210

Thank you Vesna, Lucy is now home and trying to get back into her normal routine.

Ian